EditorialLantaka, Bronze front loader aimed at. The round barrel has a trumpet-shaped mouth and the rear part is thicker, hollow tail for a wooden guide stick. On both sides of the sun hole a button for a sun hole cover. Before the sun hole an empty oval cartou...
EditorialLantaka, Bronze front loader aimed. The barrel has a wide mouth, the middle part is round and the rear part is octagonal. The tail is hollow for a wooden guide stick. A square button for a sun-hole cover on either side of the sun-hole. A diamond-shaped...
EditorialCaptured Ordnance Captured ordnance Swivel Gun, Bronze front loader aiming. The barrel is encased in two pieces of bamboo from the mouth to the sun-hole and completely covered with rattan. The round barrel has a trumpet-shaped mouth and the rear part i...
EditorialLantaka, Bronze front loader on target. The barrel has a flower-shaped mouth, the middle part is round and the rear part is octagonal. The tail is hollow for a wooden guide stick, a rattan binding around the tail. A square button for a sun-hole cover o...
EditorialBreech-Loading Swivel Gun with Two Chambers, Bronze rear loader on target. The round barrel has a flower-shaped mouth with a flat front and a round barrel. The taps are placed between two bands, and above the taps there is a directional means in the fo...
EditorialCaptured Ordnance Captured ordnance Lantaka, Lilla, bronze front loader. The round barrel has a trumpet-shaped mouth and the rear part is thicker, the barrel is covered with rattan in three places. The hollow tail for a wooden guide stick has largely b...
EditorialRelief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athens, Greece; 447-33 BCE. The frieze represents the Panathenaic procession. Only two slabs of the West Frieze were removed by Lord Elgin and the rest of the West Frieze remaine...
EditorialPortrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath, Roman Period, A.D. 100?125, From Egypt, Encaustic, limewood, H. 34 x W. 18.4 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.), Slightly turned shoulders and heads, naturalistic coloring, directional lighting, and use of shading a...
EditorialCrown Ornament for a Deity, 17th?19th century, Newari for Tibetan Market, Gilt silver, emeralds, sapphires, rubies, garnets, pearls, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm), Jewelry, Deities were often ador...
EditorialCrown Ornament for a Deity, 17th?19th century, Newari for Tibetan Market, Gilt silver, emeralds, sapphires, rubies, garnets, pearls, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise , 6 3 /4 x 4 in. (17.1 x 10.2 cm), Jewelry, Deities were often adorned with e...
EditorialRelief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athens, Greece; 447-33 BCE. The frieze represents the Panathenaic procession. Only two slabs of the West Frieze were removed by Lord Elgin and the rest of the West Frieze remaine...